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1) Guts
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Series
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
2) El deafo
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"A Shot in the Arm!, book 3 in the Big Ideas that Changed the World series, is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox-perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date-and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. The book is narrated...
4) Camp
Author
Series
Click volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Language
English
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Olive and Willow are happy campers! Or are they? Olive is sure she'll have the best time at summer camp with her friend Willow - but while Olive makes quick friends with the other campers, Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows - Olive. It's s'more than Olive can handle! The stress of being Willow's living security blanket begins to wear on Olive and before long... the girls aren't just fighting, they may...
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Follow Bea, Archie, Trudy, and Spencer (otherwise known as the BATS!) as they crisscross the globe using every type of bridge: beam, arch, truss, and suspension. From ancient low-slung rope bridges to modern hi-tech towers of steel, they'll traverse 'em all. Their journey will take them through history and connect them with new ideas and different cultures. Along the way they'll identify the dangerous forces trying to bring bridges crashing down,...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Make your own way through history! Readers will tackle seventy-one comic-creating challenges, with help from some of their favorite characters from the series! With each challenge, young cartoonists will learn new skills, from sound effects and character creation to building their own ten-page comic. The fun and imaginative drawing prompts will get kids writing their own thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and totally true histories!
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Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever...
Publisher
Rosarium Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (164 pages : chiefly illustrations)
Language
English
Description
An incredibly unique comic book benefit project featuring comic shorts, pin-ups, short essays, and flash fiction, the proceeds of which will be going to the Innocence Project. We've all seen the pictures: a six-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted by U.S. marshals on her first day at an all-white, New Orleans school in 1960; a police dog attacking a demonstrator in Birmingham; fire hoses turned on protesters; Martin Luther King Jr. addressing a crowd...
11) Everything is ok
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English
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From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant collection of comics about anxiety and depression—because sometimes even the simple things like getting out of bed every day feel like an uphill battle.
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English
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"Journey through time and space with this graphic novel history of the Sci-Fi genre, from Mary Shelley to William Gibson and Philip K. Dick to Ken Liu and Ted Chiang, and more. Trace the progress of SF through modern times and learn why key figures and inventors like Thomas Edison and Elon Musk have looked to Sci-Fi to predict the future. For the first time in illustrated form, this comprehensive history of Sci-Fi traces its origins and charts its...
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English
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"After his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive. This harrowing first-person account of four nights spent on the open sea ice--with few supplies and no water--shows young readers the determination and strength necessary to survive in the harsh Arctic climate, even when the worst occurs."--
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Series
Dinosaurs graphic novels volume 4
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Bamboo édition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (56 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
This volume of Dinosaurs explores such subjects as the colors of dinosaurs and nanotyrannus. Plus, more Compso and Indino Jones, and an interactive journey into the process of a paleontologist!. --Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel biography of English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912-1954) is credited with many of the foundational principles of contemporary computer science. The Imitation Game presents a historically accurate graphic novel biography of Turing's life, including his groundbreaking...
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English
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"A spunky, feminist take on the myth of Gaia, the Greek goddess of the Earth. Long before the age of the Olympian gods, Gaia created the world in all its beauty. But from Gaia also came the Titans, who ran wild and free through this world--until her husband Ouranos turned on Gaia and declared himself the ruler of all she'd created. Her son Cronus then rose to power, but soon he too became hungry for more power--so much so that he swallowed his own...
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English
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"For more than five decades, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld have devoted their lives to seeking justice for the victims and survivors of the evils wrought upon humanity by the Holocaust. Over the years, they have received numerous national awards for their lifetime of work hunting down Nazi war criminals and forcing Europe to face the horrors of its past. For Justice: The Serge and Beate Klarsfeld Story is the tale of their relentless crusade for justice...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
"Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves"--Publisher...
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"You've heard the hit song "Come and Get Your Love" in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, but the story of the band behind it is one of cultural, political, and social importance. Brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas were talented Native American rock musicians that took the 1960s Sunset Strip by storm. They influenced The Doors and jammed with Jimmy Hendrix before he was "Jimi," and the idea of a band made up of all Native Americans soon followed. Determined...
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